The FirstNet network operated by AT&T has been accepting subscribers for more than a year now, with service offered across all of AT&T’s commercial spectrum bands, a private network core …
AT&T announced late Friday that Chris Sambar, who has headed up the carrier’s team responsible for constructing and managing a nationwide public safety network for the First Responders Network Authority, …
“Hallelujah!” says Commissioner Michael O’Rielly The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously approved a proposal for rules governing the auction of Priority Access Licenses in the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio …
Distance to urban areas is a key factor determining the experience rural users will have, OpenSignal says How well are mobile networks working for rural U.S. residents? OpenSignal said that …
Backed by three years of funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the GSMA is launching a research and pilot program with the goal of tech inclusivity, particularly financial …
Inside a burning building, alarms are going off — and the first responders on-scene still need to be heard and hear their communications devices. Outside, fellow responders are conversing as …
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FCC Chairman: “It’s outrageous that a company would claim millions of taxpayer dollars for doing nothing.” Sprint has allegedly received tens of millions of dollars in federal Lifeline subsidies for …
What is Project BroadWay? About a decade ago, the European Commission started having formal conversations around TETRA and the future of public safety communications networks. This led to the formation …
Airbus’ Secure Land Communications business is one of the major providers of public safety critical communications networks in Europe. The company says that it works closely with the ministries of …
The Federal Communications Commission is throwing its support behind two 5G testbeds — one in New York City, one in Salt Lake City — with experimental licensing which will let …
Crowd-sourced device data analysis showed that users spent less than 10% of time on 3G 5G may be the new kid on the block, but LTE is the workhorse of …
MobiledgeX early access program coming to the US in October Deutsche Telekom-backed edge computing company MobiledgeX says it has 13 network operator customers and is expanding its early access program …
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put …
Increased digitalization is impacting disaster response and recovery Coverage, power and backhaul. Those three pieces are fundamental to any working cellular network, but they can be awfully hard to come …
Researchers at AdaptiveMobile Security say that they have uncovered a SIM-based smartphone vulnerability used for targeted surveillance which has been expanded to use for fraud, scam calls and other uses …
Earlier this month, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration laid out the current spectrum landscape: what has been recently accomplished, what happening now and what is in the pipeline for …
Federal regulators have given the official go-ahead for Initial Commercial Deployment of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service, and vendors and their customers are hitting the gas on deployments. In a …
Live video production company LiveU is working with a number of mobile network operators around the world to test the use of 5G for live sports and entertainment video streaming. …
A private LTE network testing the use of the technology for distributed energy grid applications has successfully completed its first phase and is moving into its second. The trial network, …
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. RCR Wireless News published three brief stories …
Is 5G a “battery vampire,” as some have claimed, or is it actually more power efficient than LTE? It’s a bit of a mixed bag, according to Signals Research Group. …
European public safety market IoT growth rates are generally pegged at 15% Terrorism, natural disasters and humanitarian crises are all realities which shape public safety and disaster response in the …
Final federal approval for Initial Commercial Deployment (ICD) of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service is expected to come any day, and Federated Wireless says it has more than 20 customers …
How could IoT be used to support public safety? The European Telecommunications Standards Institute recently examined the potential use of IoT devices in emergency situations, as well as the state …
